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What is the abbreviation for cancer
CA
Patho means...
Disease
A suffix meaning pertaining to...
-a, -al, ic
Possible outcome of a disease is called...
Prognosis
The suffix meaning study of...
-logy
Who would a patient with cancer see for treatment?
Oncologist
The term meaning lessening signs of disease
remission
Combining form that pertainings to the system containing the brain, spinal cord, and nerves
neur/o
Abbreviation of prognosis is...
Px
The suffix meaning producing, originating, or causing
Abbreviation meaning diagnosis is
Dx
The primary meaning of a term is conveyed by the
Word root
Combining form meaning fat is
lipo
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word
acronym
Identification of disease is called...
diagnosis
The term indicating a localized protective response to injury or tissue destruction characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain is
Inflammation
The term meaning producing disease is...
pathogenic
What does benign mean?
not malignant or nonrecurring
The term meaning study of cells
Cytology
Radiation therapy is abbreviated as...
XRT
The suffix -stasis means...
controlled or stop
A tumor composed of nerve tissue...
neuroma
A tumor composed of muscle tissue is called...
myoma
The combining form referring to the tissue that is the major covering of the external surface of the body is
Epithelio